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English
10th Grade
09/18/2008

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Heterogeneous
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consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
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Cerebral
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Involving intelligence rather than emotion or instinct
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Debacle
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fiasco
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Harangue
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address forcefully
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Insular
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narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
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Sycophant
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a person who pleases another for personal gain
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Palliative
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remedy that alleviates pain/ moderating pain or sorrow
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Corpulence
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excessive fatness
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Imperious
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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Viscous
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having a relatively high resistance to flow (sticky)
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Cursory
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hasty and without attention to detail
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Pragmatic
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practical rather than theory
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Fastidious
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giving careful attention to detail
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Vindictive
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revengeful
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Consecrate
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ordain, give, vow
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Meticulous
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marked by precise accordance with details
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Prosaic
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matter-of-fact, pedestrian, commonplace
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Magnanimous
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noble and generous in spirit
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Wistful
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showing pensive sadness
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Floridity
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extravagant elaborateness
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